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PRINTOW: Occlusal Wear of Denture Teeth in Digitally Fabricated Complete Dentures (Printow)

8 maggio 2026 aggiornato da: Najla Chebib

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Three-Arm Superiority Trial Comparing Occlusal Wear of 3D-Printed, CAD/CAM-Milled, and Prefabricated Denture Teeth in Digitally Fabricated Complete Dentures in Edentulous Patients

This randomized controlled trial evaluates the occlusal wear of denture teeth fabricated using three digital workflows: 3D-printed denture teeth, CAD/CAM-milled double cross-linked denture teeth, and prefabricated denture teeth. Occlusal wear will be assessed over 24 months using digital superimposition techniques. The study aims to determine whether 3D-printed denture teeth demonstrate superior wear resistance compared to CAD/CAM-milled denture teeth.

Panoramica dello studio

Descrizione dettagliata

This is a single-center, prospective, randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical investigation comparing three digitally fabricated complete removable dental prosthesis workflows in edentulous patients. The study will be conducted at the University Clinics of Dental Medicine, University of Geneva.

The study includes adult patients who are completely edentulous in the maxillary and mandibular arches and require new complete removable dental prostheses. Participants may be rehabilitated with either a conventional mandibular complete denture or a mandibular implant overdenture supported by clinically stable implants. This inclusion strategy is intended to improve recruitment feasibility and reflect real-world clinical practice. Mandibular prosthetic status at baseline will be used as a stratification factor during randomization and will be accounted for in the statistical analysis.

A total of 48 participants** will be randomized in a 1:1:1 allocation ratio to one of three treatment groups: fully 3D-printed complete dentures with printed denture base and printed denture teeth; CAD/CAM-milled complete dentures with milled double cross-linked denture teeth; or CAD/CAM-milled complete dentures with prefabricated denture teeth, serving as a clinical benchmark group.

The primary objective is to compare occlusal wear performance of denture teeth between the fabrication workflows. The primary confirmatory comparison will be conducted between the fully 3D-printed workflow and the CAD/CAM-milled double cross-linked workflow. Occlusal wear will be assessed by three-dimensional digital superimposition of intraoral scans acquired at baseline and follow-up visits. The primary endpoint is the average negative deviation of occlusal surfaces at 24 months, representing material loss over time.

> Secondary outcomes include root mean square surface deviation, patient-reported outcomes assessed with the Oral Health Impact Profile for Edentulous Patients and the Denture Satisfaction Index, chewing efficiency, bite force, prosthetic retention, color stability, prosthesis-related costs, maintenance interventions, and prosthetic complications. These outcomes will be assessed according to the study schedule at baseline and during follow-up visits at 12, 24, and 60 months.

Participants and outcome assessors will be blinded to denture fabrication workflow and denture tooth material allocation. Prostheses will be labeled using anonymized codes, and digital files used for wear analysis will be anonymized using participant study ID and time point. Treating clinicians and laboratory personnel will not be blinded due to the nature of the intervention, but they will not be involved in blinded outcome assessment.

All prostheses will be fabricated according to standardized clinical and laboratory procedures using CE-marked medical devices and materials according to the manufacturers' instructions for use. The prosthetic treatment phase will include clinical evaluation, impressions, intermaxillary records, prototype try-in, and delivery of the final prostheses. Follow-up assessments will be performed after prosthesis delivery to evaluate clinical, functional, patient-reported, material-related, and maintenance outcomes.

Tipo di studio

Interventistico

Iscrizione (Stimato)

45

Fase

  • Non applicabile

Contatti e Sedi

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Criteri di partecipazione

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Criteri di ammissibilità

Età idonea allo studio

  • Adulto
  • Adulto più anziano

Accetta volontari sani

No

Descrizione

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Written informed consent provided by the participant
  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Fully edentulous maxilla and mandible requiring rehabilitation with new complete removable dental prostheses
  • Patients with or without mandibular implants (implant overdenture or conventional denture)
  • Clinical indication for fabrication of new maxillary and mandibular complete removable dental prostheses
  • Currently wearing complete dentures, or a maxillary denture combined with a mandibular denture or overdenture
  • Ability and willingness to attend all scheduled follow-up visits for the duration of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Contraindications to the medical devices used, e.g. known hypersensitivity or allergy;
  • Known or suspected non-compliance, drug or alcohol abuse; Inability to follow the procedures of the investigation;
  • Enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons;
  • Reported severe bruxism or clenching habits, identified through patient interview and clinical examination, including self-reported grinding or clenching, partner reports, morning jaw discomfort, and other signs of parafunctional activity;
  • Width of the edentulous maxilla >80 mm;
  • Width of the edentulous mandible >80 mm; Vertical prosthetic space <38 mm (maxilla or mandible);
  • Depression: Geriatric Depression Scale >9;
  • Xerostomia: UFR ≤ 0.2ml/2min;
  • Dementia: Clock-Drawing Test ≤5;
  • Active peri-implant disease or instability of the two mandibular implants at baseline when implants are present;
  • Presence of an implant-retained prosthesis in the maxilla;
  • Planned implant-related surgical intervention during the study period.

Piano di studio

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Come è strutturato lo studio?

Dettagli di progettazione

  • Scopo principale: Trattamento
  • Assegnazione: Randomizzato
  • Modello interventistico: Assegnazione parallela
  • Mascheramento: Doppio

Armi e interventi

Gruppo di partecipanti / Arm
Intervento / Trattamento
Sperimentale: 3D-printed denture base and teeth
Participants receive complete removable dental prostheses fabricated using a fully digital workflow with both the denture base and denture teeth produced by 3D printing.
Description Complete removable dental prostheses fabricated using a fully digital workflow in which both the denture base and denture teeth are produced by 3D printing using light-curing resin materials. The prostheses are designed digitally and manufactured additively.
Comparatore attivo: CAD/CAM-Milled Denture Base with Milled Denture Teeth
Complete dentures fabricated with CAD/CAM-milled denture bases and CAD/CAM-milled denture teeth
Complete removable dental prostheses fabricated using a digital workflow with CAD/CAM milling. Both the denture base and denture teeth are produced by subtractive manufacturing from pre-polymerized resin materials, including double cross-linked denture teeth, and assembled.
Comparatore attivo: CAD/CAM-Milled Denture Base with Prefabricated Denture Teeth
Participants receive complete removable dental prostheses fabricated using a digital workflow with CAD/CAM-milled denture bases and conventionally manufactured prefabricated denture teeth. Conventional clinical reference.
Complete removable dental prostheses fabricated using a digital workflow with CAD/CAM-milled denture bases combined with conventionally manufactured prefabricated denture teeth. The prefabricated teeth are selected and positioned digitally or manually and then bonded to the milled denture base.

Cosa sta misurando lo studio?

Misure di risultato primarie

Misura del risultato
Misura Descrizione
Lasso di tempo
Occlusal Wear of Denture Teeth
Lasso di tempo: from baseline to 24 month
Occlusal wear of denture teeth will be assessed using three-dimensional digital superimposition of intraoral scans acquired at baseline and follow-up visits. Wear will be quantified as the average negative deviation (-AVG) between superimposed surfaces, expressed in micrometers (µm), representing material loss over time.
from baseline to 24 month

Misure di risultato secondarie

Misura del risultato
Misura Descrizione
Lasso di tempo
Surface Deviation (Root Mean Square, RMS)
Lasso di tempo: from baseline to 12, 24 and 60 months
Surface deviation will be quantified using root mean square (RMS) values derived from three-dimensional superimposition of intraoral scans, providing a global measure of surface change.
from baseline to 12, 24 and 60 months
Maximum Bite Force
Lasso di tempo: at Baseline, 12, 24, and 60 months
Maximum bite force will be measured using a digital bite force device, expressed in Newtons (N).
at Baseline, 12, 24, and 60 months
Chewing Efficiency
Lasso di tempo: at baseline, 12, 24, and 60 months
Chewing efficiency will be assessed using a standardized two-color mixing test, quantified as variance of hue (VOH).
at baseline, 12, 24, and 60 months
Oral Health-Related Quality of Life
Lasso di tempo: at baseline, 12, 24, 60 months
Patient-reported oral health-related quality of life will be assessed using the OHIP-EDENT questionnaire. The OHIP-EDENT questionnaire consists of 19 items assessing oral health-related quality of life in edentulous patients. Each item is scored on a 5-point Likert scale (0 = never to 4 = very often), with a total score ranging from 0 to 76. Higher scores indicate worse oral health-related quality of life.
at baseline, 12, 24, 60 months
Denture Satisfaction
Lasso di tempo: at baseline, 12, 24, and 60 months
Patient satisfaction with dentures will be assessed using a validated questionnaire. Denture satisfaction will be assessed using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) ranging from 0 to 10, where 0 indicates no satisfaction and 10 indicates maximum satisfaction. Higher scores reflect greater patient satisfaction with the prosthesis.
at baseline, 12, 24, and 60 months
Denture Retention
Lasso di tempo: at baseline
Retention of the maxillary denture bases will be assessed by measuring the force required to dislodge the prosthetic base from the denture-bearing tissues. A digital dynamometer will be attached to a standardized central hook incorporated into the test base. The base will be seated intraorally, and a controlled vertical traction force will be applied until dislodgement occurs. The maximum force required to dislodge the base will be recorded in Newtons (N). Higher values indicate greater denture base retention.
at baseline
Color Stability
Lasso di tempo: at baseline, 12, 24, and 60 months
Color changes of denture teeth will be assessed using colorimetric measurements and expressed as ΔE values.
at baseline, 12, 24, and 60 months
Total prosthesis fabrication cost
Lasso di tempo: at baseline,
Costs related to prosthesis fabrication will be recorded for each study group. This will include initial laboratory fabrication costs in swiss francs CHF per participant.
at baseline,
Number of Prosthetic Maintenance Visits
Lasso di tempo: from baseline to 12, 24, and 60 months
The number of additional prosthesis-related maintenance visits required after prosthesis delivery will be recorded for each participant. Maintenance visits may include visits for adjustment, repair, relining, or management of prosthetic complications. it will be measured as the number of prosthetic maintenance visits per participant (NPMV) and cost associated to each visit in Swiss francs (CHF) per participant.
from baseline to 12, 24, and 60 months
Incidence of Prosthetic Complications
Lasso di tempo: From baseline to 12 months, 24 months, and 60 months
Prosthetic complications will be recorded as the number and percentage of participants experiencing at least one clinically relevant complication during follow-up. Complications may include denture base fracture, tooth detachment, prosthesis damage, loss of retention requiring intervention, relining, repair, or prosthesis remake/replacement. Each event will be documented by type and timing.
From baseline to 12 months, 24 months, and 60 months

Collaboratori e investigatori

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Sponsor

Investigatori

  • Investigatore principale: Najla Chebib, Dr med dent, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Investigatore principale: Alessio Casucci, University of Geneva, Switzerland

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Inizio studio (Stimato)

1 settembre 2026

Completamento primario (Stimato)

30 dicembre 2031

Completamento dello studio (Stimato)

30 dicembre 2032

Date di iscrizione allo studio

Primo inviato

30 aprile 2026

Primo inviato che soddisfa i criteri di controllo qualità

8 maggio 2026

Primo Inserito (Effettivo)

13 maggio 2026

Aggiornamenti dei record di studio

Ultimo aggiornamento pubblicato (Effettivo)

13 maggio 2026

Ultimo aggiornamento inviato che soddisfa i criteri QC

8 maggio 2026

Ultimo verificato

1 maggio 2026

Maggiori informazioni

Termini relativi a questo studio

Altri numeri di identificazione dello studio

  • Printow sso grant 370-25
  • 370-25 (Altro numero di sovvenzione/finanziamento: Swiss society of odontology)

Piano per i dati dei singoli partecipanti (IPD)

Hai intenzione di condividere i dati dei singoli partecipanti (IPD)?

NO

Descrizione del piano IPD

Individual participant data will not be publicly shared. Data may be available upon reasonable request and subject to applicable ethical and regulatory approvals.

Informazioni su farmaci e dispositivi, documenti di studio

Studia un prodotto farmaceutico regolamentato dalla FDA degli Stati Uniti

No

Studia un dispositivo regolamentato dalla FDA degli Stati Uniti

No

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